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VOL. 33, N0. 2
JAN. 11, 2019
Pet Rescue bill in effect
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By Aaron Burgin
CALIFORNIA is the first state to ban retail pet stores from selling animals from commercial kennels, which are sometimes referred to as “puppy mills.” Courtesy photo
REGION — Starting Jan. 1, pet stores in California should have a different feel. Gone should be the puppies and pets from towns in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio and other places where they are bred by the hundreds, sometimes in conditions that have been deemed as inhumane. In their place will be animals from rescue groups and shelters, the result of a state law that outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in October 2017. Assembly Bill 485 bars pet stores from retail pet stores from selling animals from commercial kennels, which are sometimes referred to as “puppy mills.” According to the Humane Society of the United States, “puppy mills” are inhumane, commercial breeding facilities in which the health of the animals is disregarded to maintain low overhead and TURN TO PUPPY MILLS ON A8
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KELLIE SHAY HINZE smiles shortly after being named to the Encinitas City Council on Jan. 9. Photo by James Wang
Hinze fills council seat By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — Leucadia 101 Executive Director Kellie Shay Hinze has a new title: Encinitas City Councilwoman. On Jan. 9, City Council unanimously appointed Hinze, 33, to serve out the final two years of former Councilwoman Tasha Boerner Horvath’s term. Boerner Horvath vacated her seat after she was elected to the State Assembly. Hinze is the second youngest member of the council in its history. For-
mer Councilwoman Kristin Gaspar was 30 when RANCHO she was elected in 2010. SFNEWS “It is a little overwhelming, of course, but I am up for it, and I am honored to be selected and it has been an amazing decision process,” Hinze said after she was appointed. Hinze, who was named Leucadia 101’s executive director in July 2017, has also served on the city’s coastal mobility and livability working group and the economic development
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Police, community help victim’s family after tragic wrong-way crash By Samantha Taylor
OCEANSIDE — After an Oceanside man was killed in a wrong-way crash suspected to have been caused by a drunk driver, the Oceanside Police Officers’ Association and community have come together to help his family. Christopher Williams, 29, was on his way home from his job as a security guard and emergency medical technician at Pauma Casino around 4 a.m. on New
Year’s Day, according to the Oceanside Police Officers’ Association (OPOA), which also employs his wife Sarah as a public safety dispatcher. Adam Daniel Barooshian, 25, was allegedly speeding to the east on the westbound side of state Route 76 near Via Monserate when his Lexus IS 300 hit Christopher Williams’ motorcycle. Christopher Williams died at the scene of the
crash. Barooshian, a Camp Pendleton Marine and Massachusetts native, was taken to Palomar Medical Center for treatment of superficial injuries before he was booked into county jail in Vista on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and murder. The Marine has a prior recent DUI charge still pending against him. His arraignment was held Jan. 4. According to the
OPOA, Christopher Williams “was tragically and senselessly killed … by a drunk driver.” Christopher Williams is survived by his wife and two sons, Jonathon, 8, and Nathan, 5. The association stated Sarah Williams “plays an integral part in the daily operations of keeping our city safe.” “While words cannot express the grief and pain we all feel as part of the
Law Enforcement family, we all know that there will be harder days and times ahead,” the association stated. “Having a member of your family ripped from your life without warning is terrible, raising two small boys on a meager public safety paycheck will be near impossible.” The police association’s goal is to help its members during hard times like what the Williams family faces. The association is currently
trying to raise $25,000 to ease the burden of funeral costs and other financial needs for the family. “The bills will need to get paid, the boys will need to get to school, and Sarah will still have to work … only harder, and without Christopher,” the association stated. A GoFundMe page was started to help fundraise for the family. Nearly 230 TURN TO TRAGEDY ON A6